Battery-cradle-supporting mechanism for vehicles.



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APPLIoA-rlol rxLnD 001.3, 1913.

Pallted Sept. 29, 1914.

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t STATES PATENT (HFBICE.Y

FRANK E, QUENEY, orl NEW YORK, N. Y., Assrenon To GENERAL VEHICLECoin-ANY', INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION' or- NEW YORK.

- BATTERY-CRADLE-snrronrme Specication of Application led October, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Faas* it E. QUEENEY, acitizen of the' United States. residing at 'New York, county or" NewYork, State `of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Batter Cradle Support` ing Mechanisms tor Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for supporting the battery cradles ofvehicles and the object ot' my invention is to provide a resilientsupport for such a cradle which will allow its ready attachment. anddetachmentk to and from the vehicle. I' do this ,bv attaching verticalmembers tothe frame of the vehicle adjacent the ends of the cradle,guiding thereby other spring supported vertically movable members eachprovided iv-ith a projection or hook portion Which may` be rotatedintoand out of engagement 1vith the battery cradle. f

My invention `willv he better understood from the following detaileddescription of a construction in which it is embodied.

In the accompanying drawings, `which form a part of this specification..Figure l is a` side elevation of anautomobile chassis. showing thecradlesupporting' means; Figi. 2 is a side elevationof one of the,supports and a part of cradle, portions being broken away; andA Figs.A 3and l are plan vieivs otl one of the supports showing it 'engaged withand disengaged ,from the battery cradle.

A numberof round doivnivardlv extending* rods l are attachedl bvbrackets l to the frameQ of the vehicle adjacent the ends ot the batterycradle 3. These extend along' the ends of the cradle and preferably, asillustivo adjacent each end of the cradle. About the lowerend of. andattached to each rothis a spring-5 carrying' a Washer l0. Rach rod lprof vided with a shoulder ll located approxi matelv as shovvn, toliniitthe upward move..-v Inent 'of the washer. Surroiiidinggj eaclirod' andresting on the'ivasher l0 is ra sleeve?l providedavith a projetting` orhook portion-- 8. The sleeve T on the rod. r1l`he batterjvT cradle is'provided with a perforation for each hook member allowing the hookmembers to ene-age under the members of the `frame ofthe batteriV cradleas shown in Fig.

To attach the "cradle 3 to the battery:

' the. battery cradle.

maiv both slidoand rotate.

MECHANISM FOR VEHICLES.

Letters Patentl ,A Patentedseptv. y29, 1914.

serial No. 79:5.,133.

il The cradle is brought under the vehicle and the sleeves 7 and theirhook portions 8 are rotated out of the path of movement of the -cradleas 'shown in Fig. 4. The cradle is then raised into position and thesleeves and their hook portions, which may be depressed as necessary,are rotated to the positionl shown in Figs. 2 and 3,'thatis, until thehook portions 8 engage under the'members v9. NOW when the cradle isreleased it is carried Onthe springs 5 through the hook portions 8 andthe sleeves 7. The jolting to which thevehicle is subjected in operationis vvtransmitted to the battery 'cradle through 4these V:springs only ina diminished degree, the sleeves 7 sliding up and 'down on their 70yrods 1.

' The cradle maybe removed by raising it -until the cross member 9touches, or nearly touches, the frame member 2. Tliesprings 5 causethesleeves 7 to .tollowthemotion of the cradle until the washers l() engagewith the shoulders 11 when their pressure is removed from the sleeves 7.Sufficient' room is provided to then allow the rotation of the sleeves 7and their projecting portions'S out 4of engagement Wit-h the members 9.

i It will be understood that this descrip tion kis of but one possible;construction in. volving my invention and that my invention is notlimited to this construction alone but thatfmv invention isv delin'edbythe following claims. y l

lVhatl claim as new and desire to secure,- byLetters Patent ofthe-United States, l. A'battery cradle supporting mechanism for vehiclescomprisingT vertical members attaclied to thef frame of the vehicleadjacent the ends ofthe cradle, a spring surrounding l i andattachedatits lower-end tothe lowers l' end of cachot/said verticalmembers, anda '95 I! rotatable hook member forengaging the bati l tei-vcradle carried on the npperend of each stemmer.v said hook memberbeing-adapted to t be rotated into andout of engagement with u 2. A.battery cradle supporting mechanism for vehicles comprising verticalmembers at tached to the frame of the vehicle adjacent the ends of thecradle, a rotatable and vertigcally movable hooknieniber for engaging lthe batter)1 cradle zguided in its movements by each of said verticalmembers, and, a spring carivingv each of said hook members,

said hook members being adapted cradle to the vehicle comprisingdepending members carried by the frame of the vehicle, springs carriedby the depending members,7 and hooks vcarried by said springs and y tobe rotated into and out of engagement with the battery cradle.

3. A battery cradle .supporting mechanism 2o `for' vehicles comprisingvertical rods deguided in their movements by said dependpendng from theframe of the vehicle adj aing members, said hooks being adapted to becent the ends of the cradle, a spring surturned into and out ofengagement with the rounding and attached at its lower end to the lowerend ofeach of said rods, and

a sidable on l cradle.

yIn witness whereof, I have hereunto set 25 sleeve carrying a hookportion my hand this thirtieth day of September., and rotatable abouteach vertical rod and '1913. supported by the spring thereon whereb)7.FRANK E. QUEENEY. said hook portion may be rotated into and out ofengaging position. .Witnessesz 4;. The combination with a vehicle and aI. HOWELL, battery cradle of means for attaching the l H. E. KLrNE.

